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British IS recruiter Sally-Anne Jones 'killed by drone' | |
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British IS recruiter Sally-Anne Jones was reportedly killed in a US drone strike in Syria in June. | |
Jones, from Chatham in Kent, joined so-called Islamic State after converting to Islam and travelling to Syria in 2013. | |
The BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner said she had been a useful propaganda agent for IS on social media and her death would be "significant". | |
Her death was first reported by The Sun. | Her death was first reported by The Sun. |
Jones, 48, who had no previous military training, had been used to recruit Western girls to the group and posted threatening messages to Christians in the UK. | |
She used her Twitter account to provide practical advice on how to travel to Syria. | |
Previously a punk musician, Jones married the jihadist computer hacker Junaid Husain, who was killed in a drone strike in 2015. | |
News of Jones's death was not made public earlier this year amid fears that her 12-year-old son, Jojo, may also have been killed, according to The Sun. | |
Major General Chip Chapman, the former Ministry of Defence head of counter terror, said Jones would have been a "significant" target as a result of her alliance with Hussain and her role in recruiting IS fighters. | |
Responding to reports her son was killed in the strike, he added: "It is a difficult one because under the UN Charters he is under the age of what we would classify as a soldier." | |
A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "We do not comment on matters of national security." |